Family planning

Reviving the global gag rule is a ‘Women, Peace and Security’ issue

In 1984 the Mexico City Policy, or ‘global gag rule’, was enacted by the United States, restricting federal funds to international family planning institutions that provide advice and counselling on abortion. Since then, this policy has been repealed and reinstated several times – most recently being reinstated by President Donald Trump. Dr Laura J Shepherd discusses the global impact of the […]

March 1st, 2017|Featured, WPS in policy|Comments Off on Reviving the global gag rule is a ‘Women, Peace and Security’ issue|